Bernard Mannes Baruch Quotes (13 Quotes)

A man sentenced to death obtained a reprieve by assuring the king he would teach his majestys horse to fly within the year on the condition that if he didnt succeed, he would be put to death at the end of the year. 'Within a year,' the man explained later, 'the king may die, or I may die, or the horse may die. Furthermore, in a year, who knows Maybe the horse will learn to fly.' My philosophy is like that mans. I take the long-range view.

We are in the midst of a cold warwhich is getting warmer. The term cold war was originated by Baruch in 1947.

If you have made a mistake, cut your losses as quickly as possible.

America has never forgotten and will never forget the nobler things that brought her into being and that light her path the path that was entered upon only one hundred and fifty years ago.... How young she is It will be centuries before she will adopt that maturity of custom the clothing of the grave that some people believe she is already fitted for.

The sinews of war are five - men, money, materials, maintenance (food) and morale.

Society can progress if mens labors show a profit if they yield more than is put in. To produce at a loss must leave less for all to share.

I am interested in physical medicine because my father was. I am interested in medical research because I believe in it. I am interested in arthritis because I have it.

A dangerous fallacy is to repudiate freedom in favor of an unknown future. What else but our own sturdy reliance on freedom can explain the unexampled record this country has made In a period scarcely twice my own lifetime it has risen from nothingness to become the world's greatest power. It has become the ark of the covenant of freedom.

Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged. Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except the consciousness of doing your best.

I was the son of an immigrant. I experienced bigotry, intolerance and prejudice, even as so many of you have. Instead of allowing these thing to embitter me, I took them as spurs to more strenuous effort. .

Science has taught us how to put the atom to work. But to make it work for good instead of for evil lies in the domain dealing with the principles of human duty.

Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with. You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation.

Government is not a substitute for people, but simply the instrument through which they act. And if the individual fails to do his duty as a citizen, government becomes a very deadly instrument indeed.